Instep-support.



E. L. SHANE.

NSTEP SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2e, 1912.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

Citizen of the United 'residing at Carnegie,

UNITED sTATEs P..f-\.;TENT oEEioE.

'ETTIE L. SHANE, '0F CARNEGIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

INSTEP-SUPPORT.

T all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, E'rrIE L. SHANE, a States of America, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improve-p ments in Instep-Supports, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein .to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to an instep support, and t-he primary object of my invention is to provide a device that'can be easily t and quickly connected to the arch of a shoe i `yports.

the same, and Fig. 3 is a perspective View sole to support the instep and prevent the same from breaking down. y

'A further object of this invention is to provide an instep support that is lsimple in construction, durable, and highly efficient for the. purposes for which it is lntended.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention resides in a novel construction, to be hereinafter specically described and then claimed;

Reference will now be had to the draw-` ing, wherein there are illustrated the preferred embodiments of my invention, but it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible to such changes as fall within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the preferred form of instep suptFig. 2 is 'a cross 'sectional view of of a modified form of the support. I

A support in accordance with this invenw tion comprises a block 1 that hasa rear vertical wall 2 adapted to fit against .the front wall of a shoe heel 3. The block 1 tapers'frorn the vertical wall 2 to the front edge thereof, said'block providing a compound curved upper surface 4 that fits -against the arch 5 of a shoe solel 6. The

block l has concave side walls Aand the bottom of said block has a convex surface 7 that Specification of Letters Patent.

sure to restore an arch to normal position and which pressure could not be obtained if the tread surface of the block. were in the same plane as that of the tread surface of the heel andsole. a

As illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the sides of the block 1 are .provided with angle staples 8 and these staples are held en'- gagement with the sides of the arched; por; tion of the shoe sole by nails 9 that are driven into the sole.

In Fig. 3 of the drawing, there is ill'usfy trated a modification, wherein the block rl() has a flat bottomsurfacev 11 and the coitcave sidesof said block are provided with i Patented Sept.v 9, 1913. Application mea :rune 2s, 1912. serial No. 706,420.

whereby the ends of the straps can beconnected over the shoe.

What I claim is z- An' instep support comprising a block having the rear portion squared and its forward portion tapering, the upper and lower faces of said tapering portion being ,reversely curved with respect to each otliei said block adapted to engage the arched portion of aA shoe sole, said curved lower face projecting beyond the plane of the lower surfaceof the heel and sole and staples carried by thelsides and projecting above the blockand providing passages for the eritrance of holdfast devices into the shoe sle for connecting the block therewith. d ,V In testimony whereof I aliix my signature ir the presence of two witnesses. t

ETTIE L. SHAN. Witnesses: A MAX H.'SRoLov1Tz, K. H. BUTLER. 

